Mediaite reports “a group of African-Americans in Dallas have responded in the most Texas way possible: By forming the Huey P. Newton Gun Club, an open-carry group that goes around in public, bearing the same semiautomatic weaponry as their fellow open-carry advocates, protesting police brutality.”
The group is named after the co-founder of the Black Panthers, and notes on their website that Dallas is a hotbed of violence by cops against minorities:
“the police have murdered over 70 unarmed individuals, most of the black and brown men, over the last ten years. Excluding a recent incident where police testimony was contradicted by surveillance footage, there have been no indictments since 1973.”
Dallas Police have killed over 70 unarmed individuals since 2003. The time to #EndPoliceTerrorism is NOW!
#Ferguson
— HueyPNewton Gun Club (@HueyGunClub) August 21, 2014
As Mediaite reports, “Here is the gun club going to a restaurant, where Reason reports they ate with their guns out, next to a group of cops:
Armed Self Patrol to prevent further #policebrutality in south Dallas going on now
#blackopencarry pic.twitter.com/oZ4EhQYa0y
— Terrance Omar (@TerranceOmar) August 20, 2014
“@ALBDamn: “@satori06: Live demonstration in dallas we support you #Ferguson #guerillamainframe pic.twitter.com/1fMNBKCb5m” #opencarry word?”si
— satori06 (@satori06) August 20, 2014
The group has issued a press release along with a list of demands, that you can read below, along with a video.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
August 17, 2014
The recent murders of unarmed black, brown, and whites across the United States of America has eradicated trust in the police. Individuals across this nation have been stripped of due process, subjected to state-sponsored police terrorism, and continue to suffer the fate of being terminated extra-judicially.
In Dallas the police have murdered over 70 unarmed individuals, most of the black and brown men, over the last ten years. Excluding a recent incident where police testimony was contradicted by surveillance footage, there have been no indictments since 1973.
The people, who are gunned down and murdered by violent and militarized police forces, have formed the Huey P. Newton Gun Club, for the specifc purpose of self defense and community policing.
In response, Black and Brown residents of the City of Dallas will conduct the first of an ongoing and necessary armed self defense patrols through our communities in the coming week.
We, the Huey P. Newton Gun Club, hereby put forth the following non-negotiable demands and promote these conditions for the protection of our communities:
1. We demand the immediate end to police brutality, harassment, and murder of the people.
2. We assert the right of the people, particularly those of color, to bear arms and protect themselves where local, state, and the federal government have historically failed to do so.
3. We demand that the media, in coordination with police, cease immediately assassinating the character of victims subject to police terrorism.
For more information regarding the upcoming armed self defense patrol in Dallas, TX. contact the Huey P. Newton Gun Club at:
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @HueyGunClub
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